The International GENDERA Roundtable ''Gender and Research Funding'' took place in Bratislava on Tuesday, 18th May 2010. Fifty five participants from eight countries attended the workshop, which addressed the problem of gender equality measures and practices used or not used by funding organisations. Twelve speakers from both European institutions (European Commission and COST) and national funding bodies, research organisations and women’s associations presented interesting and inspiring practices aimed at promoting gender equality in research funding and project evaluation. The speakers CVs are available here and the presentations can be downloaded here:

09:00 - 10:00

Opening Session, Chair: Alexandra Bitusikova, MatejBel University, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia

Welcome and Introduction, Dora Groo, GENDERA Coordinator, Director of Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation

Keynote Speech: Gender and Excellence in Science, Rossella Palomba, Research Director CNR - National Research Council, Italy

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10:30 - 12:00

Good Examples: European Perspective, Chair: Judith Abrahami, ORTBraude College of Engineering, Israel

Code of Best Practices for Women and ICT, Nancy Pascall, European Commission, DG INFSO

Gender Balance in the ERC Grants, Monika Lanzenberger, European Research Council Executive Agency, Belgium

COST – a flexible research networking tool to foster innovation and gender equality, Martin Grabert, Director, COST, Belgium

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13:00 - 14:30

Roundtable: Measures and Practices, Chair: Florian Holzinger, Joanneum Research, Austria

Innovation and Gender in Sweden, Robert Hamrén, VINNOVA, Sweden

Gender Equality in Science and Academia, Barbara Riesche, DFG, Germany

Gender Mainstreaming in technology-funding in Austria, Susanne Schinkinger, ZIT Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie GmbH, Austria

Gender (Im)Balance in OTKA, Árvácska Sárpatki, Hungarian National Research Fund, Hungary

Q&A

15:00 - 16:00

Project Examples, Chair: Tracey French,Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Germany

Gender and Research Funding, Serenella Martini, Department for Equal Opportunities, Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Italy

PRAGES Project – Practising Gender Equality in Science, Giovanna Declich, ASDO, Italy

GENDERA – Good Practices on Gender Equality in R&D Organisations, Florian Holzinger, Joanneum Research, Austria

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Dóra Groó, GENDERA Coordinator, Director of Hungarian Science and Technology Foundation